The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade mercurial | Aug 30, 2017 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade mercurial | May 3, 2016 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade mercurial | Apr 7, 2016 | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mercurial | Dec 10, 2025 | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-vcs/mercurial. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade mercurial | May 25, 2022 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade mercurial | Mar 22, 2022 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial-26 to version 3.7.3-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial-27 to version 3.7.3-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial to version 3.7.3-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mercurial | Apr 12, 2016 | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade mercurial | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 13, 2016 |
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